Tag Archives: iPad

iPadpalooza 2014 Highlights #iplza14

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

This year’s iPadpalooza “festival of learning” was a real treat.  How can anyone summarize in a blog post what it was like to be there? Thankfully, we have #iplza14 on Twitter to help us all reminisce, and to help you … Continue reading →

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Students Use Book Creator to Author Mathematics: Part 2

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

For our last day of class with a “normal” schedule (today), I met with my students in our school’s 21st-century learning space.  There’s a sampling of flexible furniture, a corner with stadium seating, iMacs, a big-screen TV, an Apple TV, … Continue reading →

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Student Voice, Screen Casting and Explain Everything

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Having iPads redefines many elements of teaching, learning, and assessment.  These past 2 years, I’ve experienced a learning curve not unlike that of a brand spankin’ new teacher.  This year I’ve begun to make the shift from technology-empowered teacher to … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Up To

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

I can hardly believe the school year will abruptly end in a few short weeks!  It has been a fantastic year, jam-packed full of amazing opportunities.  A quick top-five-favorites goes a little something like this… 1) My students – I … Continue reading →

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Desmos Explorations

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

If you haven’t seen these fantastic interactive desmos labs, you need to know they exist… and so do your students!  I plan to use Des-man this week (and I had more than a little bit of fun making my first … Continue reading →

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Student-Created ThingLinks

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

When ThingLink announced a way for teachers to set up classes of student accounts all monitored through the teacher’s e-mail address, I was determined to give it a go.  After some trial-and-error with the process of setting up a “ThingLink … Continue reading →

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#NCSM14 Take-Aways

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

I had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the NCSM Conference in New Orleans last week.  I’d never been to an NCSM conference, and I wasn’t sure what to expect.  As a classroom teacher, would I feel out of … Continue reading →

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SuperTeacherTools.Net: Speed Match

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

Here’s another formative freebie that’s iPad-friendly! I recently used the Speed Match on SuperTeacherTools.net to review probability vocabulary with my students.  I remember the days of using Speed Match on a SmartBoard, allowing only one student to play at a … Continue reading →

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Chief ThingLinker Stepping Down

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

That’s right.  I’m finally ready to step down from my ThingLink throne and pass the torch. Or something.  What I’m trying to say is… I’ve been doing this iPad thing for a bit.  *I* create the Nearpods… *I* create the … Continue reading →

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ThatQuiz.org: Pre-testing and Post-testing

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Cathy Yenca

If you teach mathematics, your students have devices with internet access, and you’re NOT using ThatQuiz.org… both you and your students are seriously missing out.  My love for this web-app continues to grow as I see its impact on my students, … Continue reading →

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